A 'Head' of Its Time

PopMatters’ Bill Gibron takes a look back at the Monkees’ cult classic Head and sheds a bit more light on this oft-misunderstood film, which may be, arguably, the Monkees’ finest moment. Nice plus: a clip of the beautiful, Mickey Dolenz-sung “As We Go Along” (written by the one and only Carole King and featuring Neil Young on electric guitar), which could’ve been a great promo video for the movie had MTV not been a dozen or so years in the future. If you've never seen Head or have only caught the not-completely-up-to-snuff-edited-for-TV version fear not: we’re guessing there will be a deluxe DVD edition next year to mark its 40th anniversary. In the meantime check out the soundtrack for the aforementioned “As We Go Along” and the excellent “Porpoise Song [Theme from Head]” one of the best psychedelic tracks from the era and another Carole King composition.